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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “chowse” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

59 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
chowse14471175(None) 
choose115116141choose
chose105925401cho_se
chouse116017561chouse
chows135618201chows_
chowsed16478611chowsed
chowses155611281chowses
ahorse9311512ahorse
bowse105420632_bowse
browse115713852browse
cahows14399122cahows_
chaise114916412chaise
chase105127122ch_ase
chasse115114602chasse
chaws135022462chaws_
cheese113812762cheese
chews135418512chews_
choice132010522choice
choke145118022cho_ke
chokes154917382chokes
chooser124412972chooser
chooses125717422chooses
choosey15459232choosey
choosy14459102choosy
chops125019872chops_
chore105126762cho_re
chores114828022chores
chosen116014132cho_sen
choses115825132cho_ses
choused135012462choused
chouser125212942chouser
chouses125117812chouses
choush14549062choush
chow125820992chow__
chowder16387812chowder
chowed154914652chowed
close76425222clo_se
copse95623922c_opse
corse75036182c_orse
cows97046642c_ows_
crosse85216302crosse
crouse84619362crouse
crows105727312crows_
dhows125911222dhows_
dowse96020812_dowse
drowse105010552drowse
hawse116015122_hawse
hoise85224772_hoise
horse86132652_horse
hose76547242_ho_se
house89131422_house
howe106734102_how_e
howes114730262_howes
hows106345602_hows_
lowse87219902_lowse
owse76321622__owse
shows115324582shows_
those85218142tho_se
whose114914532who_se

Search took 3 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691825510.343520965.0
2DLD Change Limit82551592.53032628.9
3Display Results59590.0163687.5
 (SQL Overall)178691592.88961852.2
 
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